Content · Situational

Recipe schema — what it does & how to ship it

Short answer

Recipe marks up a cooking recipe with ingredients, instructions, cookTime, nutrition and ratings — the dominant rich card in food SERPs.

What it does

Recipe requires name, image, author, recipeIngredient and recipeInstructions. Add cookTime, prepTime, totalTime, nutrition and aggregateRating for full eligibility.

SERP / AI benefit

Recipe rich card + carousel — dominant SERP feature on food queries.

Where to use it

Food and cooking content only.

JSON-LD example

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Recipe",
  "name": "Example Dish",
  "image": "https://example.com/dish.jpg",
  "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chef" },
  "recipeIngredient": ["1 cup flour", "2 eggs"],
  "recipeInstructions": [{ "@type": "HowToStep", "text": "Mix and bake." }]
}

Copy, edit for your site, and drop into your page head inside a<script type="application/ld+json">block. Validate with Google's Rich Results Test.

In WBP Omni SEO Pro

N/A for this project — reference only.

Ship Recipe without touching code

Frequently asked

Is Recipe schema relevant for SEO plugins?›

No — reference only. Recipe is niche-specific to food/cooking content.